THE SNP was accused of “scandalous” failure as crumbling healthcare services, soaring drug and alcohol deaths and spiralling poverty cast a shadow over the nation. Bleak figures show Scots’ life ...

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The UK needs an overarching national strategy to tackle alcohol related harms, argue experts in The BMJ today, as deaths from alcohol in England reach their highest level on record.

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There have been many myths floating around about red wine for decades. Drinking red wine in moderation is purported to have ...

The Thistle drug room in Glasgow could help fill some important gaps in knowledge about the benefits of these facilities.

The First Minister is taking an increasingly hands on approach to the health brief, with Labour saying Health Secretary Neil Gray has been "sidelined".

The prime minister said a new agreement has been signed with the private sector to "make the spaces, the facilities and resources of private hospitals more readily available to the NHS".

HOSPITAL A&E units are fast becoming unfit for purpose ... Yet tax-payer funding for the NHS has never been higher. Yes, the pandemic caused a massive backlog which is being slowly shifted.

Consistent with previous years, the rate of alcohol-specific deaths for males in 2022 remained around double the rate for females (22.3 and 11.1 deaths per 100,000 people, respectively). Scotland and ...